Fahrenheit 451: The Intellectual Guide by Vignesh Cheriath
Fahrenheit 451 demonstrates the detrimental issues with an overuse of censorship and the horrific effects it can have on society. Ray Bradbury creates a futuristic dysotopian society in which all the books are burned and censored and the thinkers are ostracized, distrusted, and sometimes killed. Ironically, the firemen are the ones who are the root of the censorship by burning the books and the houses in which they are stored. The novel’s protagonist is Guy Montag, and avid fireman who undergoes tremendous internal conflict and change to become the unlikely hero against the censorship and the lack of useful information that it inflicts on the society he lives in. Montag first exhibits major changes when he meets Clarisse McClellan, his seventeen year old neighbor who lifts the curtain over his eyes. She questions everything that Montag does, and makes him question everything about the society they live in. Even after Clarisse’s mysterious disappearance, Montag still starts to see how behind the thin screen of apparent happiness, their civilization is fundamentally flawed at the core scaffolding that supports it. All it will take is one last push to send the already crippled society down in flames. Later, Montag learns that Clarisse was killed for being different than the rest of the teenagers. It was a tragic death for a character that had an enormous impact on the novel. As Montag’s curiosity grows, he begins to stockpile books. He finally reveals his secret hoard to his wife Mildred, who has already succumbed to the censorship and wastes her days watching TV. Montag’s secret gets out, and he hears the alarm scream out while in the firehouse. Unwittingly, he is driven straight to his own house, where Fire Captain Beatty makes him use the flame thrower to burn his own house down. After Montag finishes destroying his house, with all its memories of lies and hate, Beatty attempts to arrest the defiant hero when Montag turns the tables and points the flamethrower at Beatty. After Beatty sneers and goads Montag, the fireman reduces Fire Captain Beatty to an unrecognizable and charred heap The Mechanical hound appears and Montag engulfs the Hound in flame, but not before the Hound sticks its four inch long needle into his leg. Montag starts to run away as fast as he can with a deathly numb leg and the whole world after him.
Fahrenheit 451: For the Ones that Don’t Understand the Intellectual Guide by Jessica Zhang
Words to Know: dystopia- a usually futuristic society that where life is miserable because of disease, not having access to certain things, etc. censorship-the blocking of some one's communication because what they say may be considered harmful or inappropriate protaganist-the main character of the story internal conflict-disagreement with yourself
Fahrenheit 451 shows the horrible effects on a society that has too much censorship. Ray Bradbury creates a dysotopian society in the future where all the books are burned and censored and the ones who think aren't considered normal, are not trusted, and even killed. In the future, strangely, the firemen are the ones who start the censorship with fire by burning the books and the houses where they are. The novel’s protagonist is Guy Montag, a fireman who loves his job a lot. He suffers many cases of internal conflict, and changes over the novel to become the hero against the censorship and the messed up society he lives in. Montag first starts to change when he meets Clarisse McClellan, his seventeen year old new neighbor who is the first person to ever make him think. She questions everything that Montag does and makes him question everything about the world they live in. Even after Clarisse’s mysterious disappearance, Montag still begins noticing that their civilization is extremely messed up in its foundations even though everything seems perfectly fine. Later, Montag learns that Clarisse was killed for being different than the rest of the teenagers. It was a horrible death for a character that was so important to the novel. As Montag’s curiosity grows, he begins to hide books. He finally reveals his secret stash to his wife Mildred, who has already been sucked into the censorship and wastes her days watching TV. Montag’s secret about the books gets out, and he hears the alarm sound while working on his shift in the firehouse. Unknowingly, he is driven straight to his own house by Fire Captain Beatty. There, Beatty makes him use the flame thrower to burn down his own house. After Montag finishes destroying his house and all of the memories of lies and hate that came with it, Beatty attempts to arrest Montag. Before he can, Montag aims the flamethrower at Beatty. After Beatty teases and encourages Montag, he burns Beatty to an unrecognizable, blackened heap The Mechanical Hound, the tracking dog that sniffs out books for the Fire Department, appears, and Montag shoots the flamethrower at the Hound, covering it in flames. However, the Hound sticks its four inch long needle with deadly poison into his leg before he finishes burning the Hound completely. Montag starts to run away as fast as he can with a deathly numb leg and the whole world out to get him.
Fahrenheit 451: The Intellectual Guide by Vignesh Cheriath
Fahrenheit 451 demonstrates the detrimental issues with an overuse of censorship and the horrific effects it can have on society. Ray Bradbury creates a futuristic dysotopian society in which all the books are burned and censored and the thinkers are ostracized, distrusted, and sometimes killed. Ironically, the firemen are the ones who are the root of the censorship by burning the books and the houses in which they are stored. The novel’s protagonist is Guy Montag, and avid fireman who undergoes tremendous internal conflict and change to become the unlikely hero against the censorship and the lack of useful information that it inflicts on the society he lives in.
Montag first exhibits major changes when he meets Clarisse McClellan, his seventeen year old neighbor who lifts the curtain over his eyes. She questions everything that Montag does, and makes him question everything about the society they live in. Even after Clarisse’s mysterious disappearance, Montag still starts to see how behind the thin screen of apparent happiness, their civilization is fundamentally flawed at the core scaffolding that supports it. All it will take is one last push to send the already crippled society down in flames. Later, Montag learns that Clarisse was killed for being different than the rest of the teenagers. It was a tragic death for a character that had an enormous impact on the novel.
As Montag’s curiosity grows, he begins to stockpile books. He finally reveals his secret hoard to his wife Mildred, who has already succumbed to the censorship and wastes her days watching TV. Montag’s secret gets out, and he hears the alarm scream out while in the firehouse. Unwittingly, he is driven straight to his own house, where Fire Captain Beatty makes him use the flame thrower to burn his own house down. After Montag finishes destroying his house, with all its memories of lies and hate, Beatty attempts to arrest the defiant hero when Montag turns the tables and points the flamethrower at Beatty. After Beatty sneers and goads Montag, the fireman reduces Fire Captain Beatty to an unrecognizable and charred heap The Mechanical hound appears and Montag engulfs the Hound in flame, but not before the Hound sticks its four inch long needle into his leg. Montag starts to run away as fast as he can with a deathly numb leg and the whole world after him.
Fahrenheit 451: For the Ones that Don’t Understand the Intellectual Guide by Jessica Zhang
Words to Know:
dystopia- a usually futuristic society that where life is miserable because of disease, not having access to certain things, etc.
censorship- the blocking of some one's communication because what they say may be considered harmful or inappropriate
protaganist- the main character of the story
internal conflict- disagreement with yourself
Fahrenheit 451 shows the horrible effects on a society that has too much censorship. Ray Bradbury creates a dysotopian society in the future where all the books are burned and censored and the ones who think aren't considered normal, are not trusted, and even killed. In the future, strangely, the firemen are the ones who start the censorship with fire by burning the books and the houses where they are. The novel’s protagonist is Guy Montag, a fireman who loves his job a lot. He suffers many cases of internal conflict, and changes over the novel to become the hero against the censorship and the messed up society he lives in.
Montag first starts to change when he meets Clarisse McClellan, his seventeen year old new neighbor who is the first person to ever make him think. She questions everything that Montag does and makes him question everything about the world they live in. Even after Clarisse’s mysterious disappearance, Montag still begins noticing that their civilization is extremely messed up in its foundations even though everything seems perfectly fine. Later, Montag learns that Clarisse was killed for being different than the rest of the teenagers. It was a horrible death for a character that was so important to the novel.
As Montag’s curiosity grows, he begins to hide books. He finally reveals his secret stash to his wife Mildred, who has already been sucked into the censorship and wastes her days watching TV. Montag’s secret about the books gets out, and he hears the alarm sound while working on his shift in the firehouse. Unknowingly, he is driven straight to his own house by Fire Captain Beatty. There, Beatty makes him use the flame thrower to burn down his own house. After Montag finishes destroying his house and all of the memories of lies and hate that came with it, Beatty attempts to arrest Montag. Before he can, Montag aims the flamethrower at Beatty. After Beatty teases and encourages Montag, he burns Beatty to an unrecognizable, blackened heap The Mechanical Hound, the tracking dog that sniffs out books for the Fire Department, appears, and Montag shoots the flamethrower at the Hound, covering it in flames. However, the Hound sticks its four inch long needle with deadly poison into his leg before he finishes burning the Hound completely. Montag starts to run away as fast as he can with a deathly numb leg and the whole world out to get him.
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